Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio When Damian Fernández first moved from Florida to Swannanoa, North Carolina, last year, he thought he’d come to a “climate sanctuary.” For a while, Warren Wilson College was the weather safe haven Fernández expected. The storms he initially saw as president of Warren Wilson College were nothing like the hurricanes he was […]
Dave Philipps/The New York Times Alicia Arritt spent years as an Army nurse working with combat veterans with brain injuries. And when she started a relationship with Matthew Livelsberger in 2018, long before he shot himself and blew up a Cybertruck in Las Vegas this past week, she recognized many of the symptoms in her […]
Jimmy Potts/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Haywood County Emergency Services Director Travis Donaldson is reminding Haywood County residents that disaster assistance has been extended into early February, and encouraging them to consider their options for help with flood recovery. The Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster unemployment assistance and individual financial assistance programs have been extended for this […]
Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Charlotte Sparks likes to get her hair done at Empire Beauty School. It gives students a chance to practice what they’re learning, the 84-year-old Greensboro resident said. On the weekend before Christmas, the school’s beauty salon also offered clients a chance to learn. The school was one of six sites in […]
Coastal Review Online A federal report that tracks industrial releases of chemicals into the environment will include additional PFAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday. Nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances have been added to the Toxics Release Inventory, or TRI, a running list of chemicals manufactured and used by certain facilities. Industries and federal […]
Guy Lucas/High Point Enterprise A state judge has ordered the foreclosure sale of the historic Castle McCulloch property in a complicated financial case dating back 20 years. The trouble for Richard Harris, the owner of Historic Castle McCulloch LLC and Castle McCulloch Inc., stems from 2004, when he agreed to a deal suggested by his […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio A judge will soon decide whether a lawsuit related to the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant fire can move forward. The suit was filed on behalf of five residents who were evacuated from their homes during the January 2022 fire. It alleges the company was negligent in failing to properly store and handle […]
Evey Weisblat/CityView Public school students in Cumberland County will face more severe consequences for missing school and stricter guidelines for excused absences starting Monday. The new attendance policy is effective immediately for high school students. It will go into effect for middle and elementary school students in August at the start of the 2025-2026 school […]
North Carolina’s economy likely will keep thriving in 2025, but President-elect Trump’s professed intentions on tariffs and immigration are clouding the picture, panelists in Business North Carolina’s annual economic forecast say. Campbell University economics professor Mark Steckbeck noted that the state defied predictions of a slowdown in 2024. For 2025, he posits a growth rate […]
Gov. Josh Stein marked his first full day in his new office by signing five executive orders he and his aides believe will bolster western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene. Stein’s Executive Order No. 1 gives the Department of Public Safety and Department of Administration permission to waive a number of normal procurement rules […]
Burgin’s comments at Thursday’s confab also touched on potential legislative issues. For starters, he told participants to expect legislators to introduce a bill in the upcoming long session that addresses the use of cell phones by students in K-12 schools. He said he’s heard from principals who report that over 70% of the 9-, 10- […]
Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times The City of Greensboro has grown like kudzu over the last decade, and, while economic development leaders love that to no end, there are some downsides to all this new development and the huge influx of workers into Guilford County. Traffic on Battleground Avenue, to take just one example, is now […]
Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice Tuesday, Dec. 31 was the last day for the DMV License Plate Office located in Island Pharmacy in Manteo. A part of Dare County life for over 30 years, when the last transaction was processed at 5:00 p.m., for the first time in well over 30 years, the county will not […]
Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio After four years of big climate investments, clean energy subsidies and recognition of climate change from the federal government, massive change is coming as incoming President Donald Trump and his administration prepare a complete 180 on many key policies. Trump signaled his support for fossil fuels on the campaign trail with his […]
Carly Haynes/WRAL News Voting records, business records and social media posts show the driver suspected of a deadly terrorist attack on New Year’s Day in New Orleans once lived in North Carolina. Shamsud-Din Jabbar attended classes at Campbell University’s Fort Liberty (previously Fort Bragg) campus from 2012 to 2014, a Campbell University spokesperson confirms. He […]
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